TOM the Tiger
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TOM the Tiger is the live Bengal tiger mascot that represents the University of Memphis Tigers athletic programs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| TOM the Tiger canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T736860 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TOM the Tiger Context triple: [Memphis Tigers, liveMascot, TOM the Tiger]
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A.
Roary the Panther
Roary the Panther is the costumed panther mascot representing Florida International University at its athletic events and campus activities.
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B.
Wilbur the Wildcat
Wilbur the Wildcat is the costumed wildcat mascot who represents the University of Arizona at athletic events and campus activities.
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C.
Leo the Lion
Leo the Lion is the iconic roaring lion featured in the opening logo of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) films.
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D.
Blaze the Trail Cat
Blaze the Trail Cat is the energetic, feline-themed mascot who entertains fans at Portland Trail Blazers basketball games.
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E.
Carlton the Bear
Carlton the Bear is the official mascot of the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs, depicted as a friendly anthropomorphic polar bear who entertains fans at games and team events.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TOM the Tiger Target entity description: TOM the Tiger is the live Bengal tiger mascot that represents the University of Memphis Tigers athletic programs.
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A.
Roary the Panther
Roary the Panther is the costumed panther mascot representing Florida International University at its athletic events and campus activities.
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B.
Wilbur the Wildcat
Wilbur the Wildcat is the costumed wildcat mascot who represents the University of Arizona at athletic events and campus activities.
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C.
Leo the Lion
Leo the Lion is the iconic roaring lion featured in the opening logo of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) films.
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D.
Blaze the Trail Cat
Blaze the Trail Cat is the energetic, feline-themed mascot who entertains fans at Portland Trail Blazers basketball games.
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E.
Carlton the Bear
Carlton the Bear is the official mascot of the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs, depicted as a friendly anthropomorphic polar bear who entertains fans at games and team events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bengal tiger
ⓘ
live animal sports mascot ⓘ tiger ⓘ university mascot ⓘ |
| animalType | tiger ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
University of Memphis Tigers
ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis Tigers
|
| color | orange ⓘ |
| conference | American Athletic Conference ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| leagueLevel | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| mascotOf | University of Memphis ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a live Bengal tiger mascot ⓘ |
| pattern | black stripes ⓘ |
| represents |
Memphis Tigers athletics fans
ⓘ
Memphis Tigers baseball team ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis Tigers
Memphis Tigers basketball team ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis Tigers
Memphis Tigers football team ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis Tigers
University of Memphis Tigers athletic programs ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis Tigers
|
| role |
live mascot
ⓘ
spirit symbol ⓘ |
| shortName | TOM ⓘ |
| sportContext | college athletics ⓘ |
| subspecies | Bengal tiger ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
University of Memphis Tigers
ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis Tigers
|
| teamName | Tigers ⓘ |
| university | University of Memphis ⓘ |
| usedBy |
University of Memphis athletics department
ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis Tigers
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: TOM the Tiger Description of subject: TOM the Tiger is the live Bengal tiger mascot that represents the University of Memphis Tigers athletic programs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Tigers